The sometimes fractured court came together Friday to draw a clear line between patent-eligible tech inventions and abstract ideas. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has taken some ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. As nuclear operations become increasingly digitized, so ...

On Jan. 7, the U.S. Patent Office issued further guidance on the application of 35 U.S.C. Section 112 during examination of computer-implemented functional claim limitations (112 guidance). At the ...

Although a spreadsheet is suitable for the more complex accounts and calculations in your business, your operating system's built-in calculator is there for quicker problems. Computer calculators ...

NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to remember the legacy of computer scientist Larry Tesler, the man who came up the copy-and-paste function. Tesler died this week at the age of 74. A moment now to ...

Patents protect inventions. However, patents protect only certain inventions. In order to be patentable, an invention must fall within one of four categories of patent-eligible subject matter: ...